Fountain-brush.



W. .PEELBB,., FOUNTAIN BRUSJI. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2, 1910v Patented Aug. 15

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I, FOUNTAIN-BRUSH.

Application filed December 2, 1910. Serial No. 595,224.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lViLLIAiL L. PEELER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Greenville, in the county of Hunt and State of Texas have invented a new and Improved Fountain-Brush, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to fountain brushes and has for an object to provide a brush adapted for cleaning goods and applying liquids or semi-liquids thereto.

For the 1)Ut'}n-;--IG mentioned use is-made of an apertured brush bristles, an apertured casing mounted to slide on the said body, a valve adapted to normally close the apertures in the casing, a spring in the said casing and adapted to engage the said valve with the said casing and a second casing adapted to constitute a cover for the brush body and a reservoir for a liquid or a holder for the fountain brush liquescent substance.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my device showing the same", with the cover thereof removed; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view with the cover adapted as a holder; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the valve and valve rod.

Referring more particularly to the views, I employ a brush body having bristles-11 thereon and ducts 12 extending through the body 10 to the said bristles 11. Slidably mounted on the body 10 a casing 13 and a peri1 herally-extending stop flange 14: is integrally formed on the said casing. A Valve rod 15 is secured to the body 10 and slidably extends through the casing 13. In the upper end of the casing, a plurality of apertures 16 are formed, and secured to the rod 15 is a valve 17 consisting of a removable valve screw 18. a packing disk 19 and a plurality of valve heads 20 adapted to register with the apertures 16. A coiled sprlug 21 is disposed to encircle the'rod 15 in the casing-13 and normally holds the valve 17 in engagement with the casing 13 A. second casing 22constitut1ng a reservoir for a liquid or liquescentsubstance, is adapted to engage the flange 11 of the casing 13 and body provided with for the fountain brush when the same is in operation, as will be easily seen in Fig. 2. In the use of my device, the casing 22 is conveniently poured into the casing 22. When the casing has been sufficiently filled with the liquid it is replaced on the casing 13 as shown in Fig.2. When using the device as a brush, a slight downward pressure out the casing will disengage the valve 17 from the casing 13 and as air enters the casing through the apertures 16 the liquid will 'flow through the apertures in the easing and onto the-bristles 11 from which it will be conveyed "to the goods to be cleaned or polished. lVhen the downward pressure is removed from the casing the spring 21 will move the casing to be reengaged by the valve 17 and the flow of liquid through the apertures 16 ceases. The valve heads 20 aside from constituting a portion of the valve are employed to position the valve 17 substantially over the apwhen my device is in normal position.

My device can be conveniently employed as a shoe polishing brush or a mucilage brush and is particularlyadapted tor-use in cleaning cloth goods and the like. with a suitable cleaning liquid such as gasolene, contained in the casing 22. When'not in use the cover 22 is removed from the casing 13, the liquid is poured therefrom and the cover is then placed over thebrush body 11 ,to protect the same, while in use the cover 22 constitutes a holder for the fountain brush by securing the cover to the casing 13' as shown in Eig. cover 22 acts a reservoir for the liquid or liquescent substance to be used for cleaning purposes. i

Having thds described my invention, what ters Patent isz- 1. A device of the class described comprising a brush body provided with; bristles, ducts formed in the said body and extending on the said body, a rod having one end thereof secured to the said body and the other end thereof extending through the said casing, a valve removably secured forms a co ver for the brush body 10 when: my vdev ce is not in use, and'the said casing f 22 is also adapted to constitute a holder is removed from the casing 13 and a liquid I claim as new and desire to secure by Letto the said bristles, a casing mounted to slide 13, the action of ertures 16 and register with the apertures- 2 and at the same time the to the said rod, a plurality of valve heads 0 other end thereof slidably extended through formed on the valve and adapted to register 1 with and extend into'apertures' in the said casingg a coiled spring encircling the said rodiin' the said casing and a second casing, constituting a reservoir, and for attachment to the first teasing. v v

2.' A device of the class described compris ing abrush body, a casing mounted to slide .on the said body, a rod having one end thereof secured to the said body and the the said'casing, a valve removably secured to the said rod and adapted to engage the said casing, a spring encircling the said; rod

in the casing, a peripherally extending stop flange integrally formed'on the said casing 1 and a second casing adapted to engage the.

stop flange to form a cover for the said body and constituting a reservoir' f or the device described when the same is irioperation.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses. 

